Marie Holzman

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Marie Holzman

Marie Holzman (born 4 January 1952) is a French

sinologist,[1][2] university professor of Chinese, writer, journalist and translator.[3][4] Her research focuses on contemporary China and Chinese dissidents
.

Biography

Holzman was born in

People's Republic of China and Japan. She was a student in Beijing when the first Beijing Spring broke out in 1978. Since then, she has supported the victims of repression in China.[5]

Holzman is professor of Chinese, a teaching assistant at

University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 from 1984 to 2002.[6]

She is the chairwoman of the association Solidarité Chine ("Solidarity China") that was established in 1989 after the

Tiananmen Square protests. She is also a board member of Human Rights in China (HRIC), a member of the Asia-Democracy Forum and a spokeswoman of the Collectif Pékin J.O. 2008.[6] Her aim is to "echo the voice of those who take on pro-democracy stands, so that the West understands that the Chinese are not all fascinated by business and artwork counterfeiting."[5]

Holzman published documented works about prominent figures of the

Chinese democracy movement, including Wei Jingsheng, Lin Xiling, Ding Zilin, Hu Ping and Liu Qing.[7] She gave lectures about contemporary China at the Bank of France, the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO) and the Paris Foreign Missions Society.[6]

She regularly writes for the French political magazine Politique internationale.

Holzman created the publishing series Les Moutons Noirs (lit. 'The Black Sheep') algonside Jean-François Bouthors and Galia Ackerman, with the support of Pierre Bergé.[8]

On 31 December 2008 Holzman was named a Knight of the Legion of Honour.[9] She was awarded the decoration by Pierre Bergé (who, at the time, was in a conflict with Beijing about the selling of two bronze pieces of the Old Summer Palace) on 2 June 2009, the day before the 20th anniversary of the Tian'anmen massacre, on behalf of President Nicolas Sarkozy.[10]

Holzman's works are notably influenced by Vladimir Bukovsky.[1]

Actions about Tibet

In 2008, Holzman became the spokeswoman of the Collectif Jeux Olympiques 2008. She called for sportspeople and foreign officials to boycott the 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony as long as the Chinese leaders do not change their mind on the repression and the imprisonment of Tibetan opponents.[11]

Works

Prefaces

References

  1. ^ a b "Marie Holzman, sinologue militante. Coups de cœur". La Croix (in French). June 1, 2013.
  2. ^ "Paul Jean-Ortiz, l'ombre chinoise de Hollande". Le Journal du Dimanche (in French). "On n'a pas pu les retenir tous en France car on ne pouvait rivaliser avec les universités américaines qui les attendaient les bras ouverts", se rappelle la sinologue et militante Marie Holzman.
  3. ^ "Marie Holzman". Atlantico (in French). Marie Holzman a été enseignante à l'université.
  4. ^ "Légion d'honneur et Ordre du Mérite pour journalistes et dirigeants de médias (2005-2010)" (in French). Observatoire des médias ACRIMED. 14 July 2010. Marie Holzman, écrivaine, journaliste, présidente de l'association Solidarité Chine.
  5. ^ a b Joris Zylberman (November 2, 2016). "Marie Holzman : "Ilham Toti, l'homme du dialogue avec Pékin sur les Ouïgours"". Asialyst (in French).
  6. ^ a b c "Le Tibet après les J. O., Conférence à la salle Barcelone, vendredi 7 novembre à 20h30" (in French). Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Entretien avec Marie Holzman" (Interview) (in French). France 5.
  8. ^ "Les Moutons Noirs" (PDF) (in French). Archived from the original (PDF) on August 12, 2011.
  9. Journal Officiel de la République Française
    (in French). 1 January 2009. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  10. ^ Pierre Haski (2 June 2009). "Légion d'honneur pour Marie Holzman, amie des dissidents chinois". Rue89 (in French).
  11. ^ "Marie Holzman". Chine Informations (in French). June 3, 2015.

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